Re: a "third force" in Iraq?

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Devine, James" wrote:
>
> The Iraqi leader seeking a peaceful path to liberation
> A new party unites Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians
>
> Jonathan Steele in Baghdad
> Friday July 16, 2004/The Guardian [U.K.]
>
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> "Iraqis are looking for security, and can be seduced by hope. Extreme
> dictatorships are always formed in a context when nations seek
> stability. It happened when the shah took power in Iran, with Ataturk in
> Turkey, and Saddam Hussein here," Sheikh Khalisi said.

I don't know the the conditions under which Ataturk seized power, but
Sheikh Khalisi is clearly fudging here in respect to the shah and
Saddam, since the operative factor there was u.s. interference, which in
the case of the overthrow of Mossedegh included creating the chaos from
which people sought escape. Does anyone know of even _one_ case (WW 2
doesn't count) of u.s. intervention leading to a democratic state?

Carrol